Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England
The Visiting Nurses Assisted Living Community
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This Brownfields success story was completed before the signing of the 2002 Brownfields Legislation. The Assessment Demonstration Pilot Program is now called the Assessment Grant Program. |
Somerville, Massachusetts
Contacts
| Before Revitalization
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 The Palmer Mattress Factory. |
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| Under
Construction |
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 Construction during October, 1999. |
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| After
Revitalization |
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 Renovated Visiting Nurses Association facility. |
The site of a former mattress factory, this 82,000 square foot parcel had been vacant for more than two years. To spur redevelopment, the City of Somerville used funds from its EPA Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot to complete a site assessment. Contaminants found to be present included barium, lead and petroleum waste.
The project's redeveloper, the Visiting Nurses Association, remediated the site and demolished the existing structures to construct an assisted-living facility and health center, containing 97 units for low-to-moderate income seniors.
Potential clean-up cost overruns for the project will be underwritten by the City of Somerville through an innovative environmental stop-loss insurance program developed through the City's Brownfields pilot.